This year's Fair and Rodeo features a theme, new to the event: "Country Pride — County Wide," with the sunflower as its official flower and thematic colors yellow, red and brown. The board plans to do this every year.

Visitors also will see this year, besides new entertainment and activities, there will be no parking fee charged , but there will be a daily $2 admission fee, up from $1, to enter the main fairgrounds area from Aug. 14 to 17.

The fair officially opens Aug. 14 with a ribbon-cutting, but the first event of the fair is on Aug. 11, which is the Moto-X barrel. Thursday will be Kids' Night.

The hay squeeze returns this year, after a one-year absence, set for 5 p.m. Friday before the pro bullriding at 7 p.m.

Saturday features the Chamber of Commerce's downtown parade at 10 a.m., followed by the CCPRA pro rodeo at noon and the WGAS Motorsports Truck and Tractor Pull that night, with plenty of other entertainment during the day.

New entertainment features the Traveling Game Show and Cooks Racing Pigs & Dogs while other returning entertainment includes the Splash Dogs dog jumping competition, Circus Imagination, Nevada Gunfighters and more.

Also new this year is racing from the Nevada Outlaws Karts, which will give a sneak peak on Saturday during the truck and tractor pull, and then the racing will be during Sunday's WGAS Motorsports Mud Bogs at noon.

Saturday and Sunday will once again feature the Silver State Livestock Show starting each day at 8 a.m., with the market animal auction at 3 p.m. Sunday.